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All About Clay and Limestone

Hi, welcome to Clay and Limestone, a mostly native plant garden in Middle Tennessee. Plants have
to be rugged to survive our wet winters and dry summers~that's why I
plant Middle Tennessee endemics like Cedar Glade natives and native friendly exotics that will grow and
thrive in clay and limestone. Native
wildflowers are good for the earth and good for its inhabitants. But, it's not quite that easy or simple...Research your part of the gardening world to discover what's native and what will grow in your garden's particular ecosystem. You won't be sorry and you'll have more success with your garden. I use a Fuji Finepix S100fs or Canon G12 cameras. If you have a recommendation for my next camera feel free to email me.

The fourth Wednesday of each month is set aside as a time to celebrate wildflowers. Wildflower Wednesday is open to all gardeners~no matter what part of this beautiful world we find your garden.

I've been gardening here for more than 30 years. Plants have to be rugged to survive our wet winters and dry summers~that's why I plant Middle Tennessee and Cedar Glade natives that will grow and thrive in clay and limestone. You can email me at gailtiles@gmail.com with your wildflower gardening questions.

PLANT MORE NATIVES MAKE EVERY YEAR THE YEAR OF THE NATIVE

DO IT FOR THE POLLINATORS

Garden Agreements

I promise to honor my garden; to not fall prey to comparisons and the dissatisfaction they breed; to not for a minute think a gorgeous flowering face is enough to base a gardening relationship upon and to never, ever disparage the garden to another gardener...more

Middle Tennessee Planting Guide

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My journey to becoming a wildflower gardener

Once upon a time, the sloped land that would become my wildflower garden was a rocky forest of native trees, shrubs, perennials and ephemerals. Sixty years ago the developer’s bulldozers cut streets through the oak-hickory-red cedar woodland. They built brick houses that had deep backyards and shallow front yards. They left a few trees and took out the understory. They planted grass so that boys and girls could play baseball, kickball and reach for the sky on their backyard swings. ...click for more